Marina

What Marina means

Possibly “of the sea”

Name of an early virgin martyr venerated in the Orthodox Church, Latin Marīna, probably a feminine form of Marīnus, from marīnus (“of the sea”), or a variant of Marīa.

Source: Wiktionary, “Marina” (revision 94595077), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Marina?

US: Steady: #657 in 2015, #601 now. England & Wales: Rising: up from #674 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 1994, when 1,307 girls got the name (#218 that year). First in the US records in 1886.

How common

• About 1 in 3,294 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 3,725 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 3,578 baby girls in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in NV (0.76 per 1,000 girls), WA (0.73 per 1,000 girls), MA (0.62 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Marina is #601 in the US and #580 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Marina were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Marian217 US · 10 E&W
• Marion93 US · 7 E&W
• Miruna0 US · 23 E&W
• Marena14 US
• Mireina11 US
• Mirana9 US
• Mariann8 US
• Marien6 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Marina

Girls

• Rosa#652“rose”^*
• Sara#198Variant of Sarah, meaning “masters, princes”^*
• Monica#736Editor’s note Down from #559 in 2015 to #736 in 2025 in the US
• Diana#244“goddess”^*
• Laura#379“laurel tree”^*
• Amanda#493“to love”^*

For a brother

• Martin#335“of or like Mars”^*
• Mark#244Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1960, with 58,727 babies; 1,416 in 2025
• Paul#262“small”^*
• Justin#233“just”^*
• Lawrence#518Editor’s note Down from #499 in 2015 to #518 in 2025 in the US
• Marcus#258Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1984, with 5,996 babies; 1,341 in 2025

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Latin, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Marina’s. Rank is US 2025.